Maureen Jack | CPT Hebron 13 February, 2010 Yesterday a man died in Al Khalil/Hebron. Israeli soldiers shot him, and he died of his injuries. He was a Palestinian of about forty, with a large family. There are different versions ...
Read More »Call for international day of action to re-open Shuhada street to Palestinians
Open Shuhada Street 29 January 2010 On 25 February 2010 activists and organizations from around the world will join together in solidarity with the Palestinian residents of Hebron, through local protests, and petitions to the Israeli Government. We will be ...
Read More »CPT: Hebron Incidents, December 17-31, 2009
The Christian Peacemaker Team in Hebron released this incident report for the period between December 17 and December 31, 2009. December 17, 2009 Shortly after morning worship, the team’s neighbor told them that soldiers were on the roof of the ...
Read More »Hebron: Israeli military targets Palestinian children for searches and detention
Christian Peacemaker Team Hebron In the last month, the Israeli military has been detaining children for extended lengths of time in the Old City, and at times appearing to be “practicing” soldiery by randomly selecting boys off the street and ...
Read More »From Hebron to Nablus
From Pork to Palestine Blog 27 December 2009 I’m banned from Sheikh Jarrah and occupied East Jerusalem so I spent the last two days in Hebron and recently arrived in Nablus. Hebron is one of the oldest inhabited cities in ...
Read More »The US cash behind extremist settlers
Andrew Kadi and Aaron Levitt | guardian.co.uk 8 December 2009 The Hebron Fund is raising vast sums for Israeli settlements that violate the Geneva convention, with little scrutiny Last month, a Brooklyn-based non-profit organisation called the Hebron Fund, which supports ...
Read More »Letter to family and friends: Bir el-Eid, West Bank
I have now been in the village of Bir el-Eid for three weeks. This has been a great time of connecting with the people here, helping with chores with the sheep, going out in the hills with the sheep, and ...
Read More »Shock follows footage of settler running over Palestinian
Ma’an News 3 December 2009 An amateur video shocked Palestinians on Tuesday, catching what appeared to be an Israeli settler repeatedly running over a wounded Palestinian at a gas station in Hebron last week. The Palestinian, an unidentified man shot ...
Read More »Peace activists say beaten by settlers
Tal Rabinovsky | YNet News 18 November 2009 Two foreign peace activists say they were assaulted by settlers Tuesday in South Mount Hebron while accompanying a Palestinian family to the village of Tuba. One of the activists was reportedly kicked ...
Read More »Baseball team urged to cut ties with Israeli group
Eli Clifton | IPS News 14 November 2009 A coalition of 11 U.S., Israeli and Palestinian groups are calling on the New York Mets baseball team to cancel a fundraiser by the “violent and racist” Israeli Hebron Fund which is ...
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